[Lyric] I Am a Tree (Daevid Allen & Mother Gong)

[Verse 1: Gilli Smyth]
I am a tree
My roots go deep in the ground
And I can just be
Just being and just doing all that a tree does

[Verse 2: Gilli Smyth]
I don't mind that my roots are fixed in the earth
For my branches are free to float in the breeze
I sweep over hillsides dark brown and purple
Life drips from my leaves
And longing for life thrills through my branches

[Verse 3: Gilli Smyth]
As I am the sky
And the birds
And the tree
Trees merge, trees do night fight trees
I am a tree, and a tree I'll continue to be
When there's no one about but me
[Verse 4: Gilli Smyth]
I'm not a politician
I'm not a zookeeper
I'm not a general
I'm not a bishop
I simply am a tree

[Verse 5: Gilli Smyth]
And if you think that's simple
Simply being what you are
Look at yourself
Are you simply what you are
Or what you are prеtending to be?

[Verse 6: Gilli Smyth]
You can cut my bark
I'll not fight back
You can chop me down
My trunk will weep tеars of gum
And my tall length will lie like a chaise

[Verse 7: Gilli Smyth]
But I say nothing
Just letting my being, or not being, speak
I make no decisions
While I have life, I grow as I can
Then I die
What am I? Simply a tree
[Outro: Gilli Smyth]
Just letting my being, or not being, be